Ben Gurion security guards fear of fatal virus infection • Ministry of Health: "The chance of getting infected at the airport is very low"

• Passengers at Ben Gurion Airport with masks due to concern about Corona // Photo: Gideon Markovich

The Corona virus scare, which is spreading throughout China and has also reached more locations in various countries around the world, is also signaling among Benevolent security guards, who are expressing significant concern about the "deadly virus" today.

Orit (pseudonym) said of the harsh feelings: "On the morning (Wednesday) they were full of outbound flights from the Chinese. These are flights where some flight attendants have just arrived from China. They themselves were wearing masks, but in the inspection themselves they took off and we did not have masks. Chinese who were in the country, but you don't know when they were in the country and the virus has a two-week incubation period. We really panicked. "

Orit claims that the airport does not worry about adequate protection for them: "We touch them, stand close to them. Touching distance. It was really stressful. We were all worried. We do not know how this virus passes. Ben Gurion is a closed space. We are not protected and endanger ourselves. After many of us complained they brought us cloth masks. "

Despite the security guards' claims, the Airports Authority shrugs off and says the guidelines on the matter are in the hands of the Ministry of Health.

No response was received from the Ministry of Health. However, the guidelines of the Office for Border Crossing Workers, which came to Israel today, states: "The risk at this stage to residents of the State of Israel and specifically to Ben Gurion employees is not high ... In order to become infected, close contact with a patient is required, and therefore even in the case where the sick person If the disease arrives in Israel, the chance of contracting it at random and short contact is extremely low. There is no evidence as of today to transmit the virus through goods or food. "